Colour, Care And A Con Job

Could makeup pull double duty as skincare? Or does it deliver two bad ideas in one? We get experts to break down some claims

- Riddhi Doshi

A good BOGO offer is hard to resist. That's why hybrid makeup - cosmetics designed to double up as skincare - is such an easy sell. Top-end brands such as Bobbi Brown and Guerlain have been doing it for years. Recently launched Hermès Beauté is doing it too, as do mass-market Indian brands. A well-stocked makeup kit these days can contain primer with anti-ageing peptides, foundation that moisturises with jojoba oil, concealer that smoothes fine lines, eyeliner infused with skin plumping hyaluronic acid, liquid blush with Vitamin C mixed in, and tinted moisturiser that fights acne as it covers blemishes.